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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827304803321

Autore

Miller Kiri

Titolo

Playing along : digital games, YouTube, and virtual performance / / Kiri Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-992991-2

1-283-42810-5

9786613428103

0-19-992124-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Oxford music/media series

Disciplina

794.8

Soggetti

Interactive videos

Popular music

Video game music

Video games - Social aspects

Video games

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Introduction: Playing Along; PART ONE: Playing Along with Grand Theft Auto; 1. Straight Outta Ganton: Virtual Tourism, Fieldwork, and Performance; 2. Jacking the Dial: Radio, Race, and Place in San Andreas; PART TWO: Playing Along with Guitar Hero and Rock Band; 3. How Musical Is Guitar Hero?; 4. Just Add Performance: Staging Schizophonia; PART THREE: Playing Along with Communities of Practice; 5. Music Lessons 2.0; 6. Amateur-to-Amateur; Endgame; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V

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Sommario/riassunto

Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-based music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and participatory culture in the digital age. Miller shows



how video games and social media are bridging virtual and visceral experience, creating dispersed communities who forge meaningful connections by ""playing along"" with popular culture. Playing Along reveals how digital media are brought to bear in th